Cattle and horses graze on the Anton Nelson homestead near Litchville, N.D. A barn and windmill is visible. Children stand in the yard, or sit on horseback. In the distance, behind the windmill, the first Litchville School is visible.

A page from the 1885 agricultural census of Barnes County. Recorded are details about improved and unimproved land usage and acreage; values of farm buildings, implements and machinery and livestock; wages paid; acreages of grass lands, and the...

Men, women, and children work the land during the potato harvest on the Christ Hanson farm in Barnes County, N.D. Two children sit in a wagon, while another sits on the ground, holding potatoes in each hand. A baby in a stroller is also visible.